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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-ChrisJoker Recent reviews written by member ChrisJoker en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_478783114884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Before the government stuck its incompetent nose in and forced the recent digital transition on all of us (don't get me started), my drives to and from work were most often spent listening to news via the audio portion of Philadelphia's channel 6 (as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478783114884 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:13:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478783114884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472329719428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Vacation with a toddler who can be very insistent about getting his daily dose of Sesame Street was looming.  Besides not knowing if the house we were staying in had PBS Kids Sprout On Demand (it didn't), we also were looking at our... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472329719428 Sun, 31 May 2009 15:24:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472329719428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464705851012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Lindsey Naegle.Jeff Albertson.Gil Gunderson.If these names immediately make you think of a mini-skirted businesswoman, a rotund and snarky comic book salesman and a sad-sack salesman respectively, then you are definitely ready to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464705851012 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:35:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464705851012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464386690692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Commuting to work by train has some advantages: reading the newspaper (before they all go out of business), catching up on e-mail and other work functions, thinking about Epinions to write, etc.  Listening to other people's often loud and frequently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464386690692 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:12:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464386690692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459597844100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - It's been a little while since I had a Blackberry upgrade at my job.  How long?  I'm not certain, but I think when I took my trusty old sidekick to the IT staff to see if they could resolve the problems I was having with it, one of the techs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459597844100 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:51:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459597844100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457293926020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - During a recent family conversation, we talked about the remarkable advancements in technology over all of our respective lifetimes.  Beyond the ubiquity of the Internet and all it has enabled, the cell phone was a close second in the "amazing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457293926020 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:51:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457293926020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456841793156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - For the first time, I really have a problem with determining a star rating for a product here on Epinions.  I'm not talking about the debate between giving a really good product four or five stars, but about how to appropriately weight some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456841793156 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:52:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456841793156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456144227972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - If there's one thing Fox knows how to do well, it's capitalize on a good thing.  Following up the riotous collection of Christmas-themed Simpsons episodes, first released in 2003, a year later, came Christmas with the Simpsons 2,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456144227972 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:23:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456144227972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456139574916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?  Cute enough, in that campy way.  A Charlie Brown Christmas?  Classic to be sure, and a great seasonal tradition.  But if your humor leans a bit...or a lot...to the witty, sarcastic,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456139574916 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:50:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456139574916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455645761156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - I'm a bit of a news junkie.  Made sure to be finished showering in time for the morning news in high school.  "Stole" the daily paper intended for seniors (who didn't take them, to be fair) from the school library.  Who watched... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455645761156 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:35:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455645761156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455305170564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Every holiday season seems to bring out (a) crazy shoppers, (b) visions of sugarplums...whatever they are, and (c) a bevy of Christmas CDs.  This year brought one of the best of the later in the form of Faith Hill's Joy to the World. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455305170564 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:27:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455305170564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455211126404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - If I may begin with a bit of a caveat, I am not, repeat n-o-t a "computer guy."  I use e-mail, know my way around Microsoft Office and generally can run what's already set up, but I don't understand "geek speak" (and I mean that term with the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455211126404 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:23:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455211126404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455116033668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - I’m a firm believer in the power of the fluff comedy.  Life is filled with enough pressures and downers, and an occasional two-hour (ok, more like 90-minute) escape into the comically absurd can be just what the doctor ordered. Enter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455116033668 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:43:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455116033668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439132065412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Good day, class, and welcome to Hollywood Cooking Class 101. Today, we’ll demonstrate the recipe for that old standby, the “Date Movie,” updated for the modern tastes of the 21st century. To begin, let’s review the ingredients you’ll need: 1 “... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439132065412 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:24:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439132065412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438993194628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Putting me in a hotel in a beach town in the middle of summer for a business trip is a blatant violation of every ban on cruel and unusual punishment. I would much rather be reviewing the Newport Marriott and talking about proximity to boat tours of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438993194628 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:39:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438993194628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438637203076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Talk about an accurate name: The Dark Knight, the box-office-record-breaking follow-up to Batman Begins may be the most intense, thought-provoking and, yes, all-around best, ‘superhero’ movie ever to hit the big screen. In the interest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438637203076 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:38:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438637203076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438625668740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - When I inherited the chore of mowing our lawn as a teen, it wasn’t the mowing that annoyed me so much as the edging afterwards. Edging, with one of those manual tools, with the cutting edge that looked a bit like a tilted diamond. Maybe it was trying... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438625668740 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:29:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438625668740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436175998596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - Some of the funniest moments of the TV series Monk take place in “fish-out-water” scenarios when the obsessive-compulsive detective abandons his (relatively speaking) comfortable San Francisco environs for a strange new place. One of the reasons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436175998596 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:48:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436175998596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436146048644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - I&#146ve always been easily disoriented when thrown off a planned route in unfamiliar territory. I really can&#146t explain why, but my internal compass never oriented itself. Online mapping services with turn-by-turn instructions are helpful&#151but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436146048644 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:32:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436146048644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435836194436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - If you visit my main profile page, you’ll see a link to a “Monk Fan of the Week” site for my little boy (which, in turn, includes a link to the page when yours truly received that distinction). When I was submitting those ‘nominations,’ I spent some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435836194436 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:36:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435836194436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435835408004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - My love of the iPod experience is no secret, and I love having all of my favorite music available to me in the office as well. I&#146ve already written about the excellent portable speakers my wife bought for me, which get plenty of use. Just under... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435835408004 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:23:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435835408004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435834949252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - A few years ago, the big buzzword in the movies was “rebooting,” as in taking an established franchise and starting over from scratch instead of producing another sequel. It worked in most cases, and is still taking place today (like the planned new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435834949252 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:14:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435834949252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435834687108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - I recently had the opportunity to visit New Orleans on business—my second trip there overall and the first since Katrina. The conference I was attending listed the J.W. Marriott New Orleans as a ‘preferred’ hotel, so that’s where I ended up for a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435834687108 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:09:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435834687108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435832065668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - &#147You will be assimilated.&#148 So says Star Trek&#146s the Borg. When they were introduced, all of the early adopter techies with those fancy headsets reminded by of cyborgs&#151and of course I knew it was just a matter of time before I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435832065668 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:04:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435832065668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427867868804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ChrisJoker - OK, all you sensitive types. You’ve prepared your skin for shaving, minimized the razor burn and stress on your skin during shaving, and washed away the residue with a gentle cleanser. Don’t forget that last crucial step—a quality, skin-conditioning... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427867868804 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:23:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427867868804?linkin_id=8003929